Beginner Guitar Academy

In this episode, we continue our countdown of the 10 greatest riffs of all time with a look at riffs 5 to 1.

Here are links to the songs featured in this episode:

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1NmPFgdt6Y

Smoke On The Water =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGyZh0VbPQ

Back In Black =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vImyP5EYc8

Crazy Train =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8SCm7kNhOk

Whole Lotta Love =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQMktyP90s

In this episode, we begin counting down the 10 greatest riffs of all time starting from number 10 to number 6. In next weeks episode, we will count down the remaining 5.

Here are links to the songs featured in this episode:

Purple Haze = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSsjtiky9xI

La Grange = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euZm1TfO9xY

Walk = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwXK6lrKkL4

Iron Man = https://youtu.be/qS2cCyx7nM0

Enter Sandman = https://youtu.be/_W7wqQwa-TU

To sign up for the top 5 greatest riffs of all time workshop click here.

In this weeks' episode, I will explain the what, why & how behind using a metronome and why it might not be the metronomes fault why you don't get along.

I saw a post recently which said, ‘I feel like I've been trying to learn scales forever, I do not really see much progress (at least that's how I feel).‘

We have not really talked about scales on the podcast before, and as some of you will already know, they are one of the seven essential guitar skills, so they should be a part of your practice.

The problem is they are often misunderstood. In this episode, I will explain the what, why & how behind scales.

In this weeks' episode, we are going to be taking a look at the first steps to ear training through a lesson from the academy.

You will be introduced to the level one ear training requirement and given a test to put the theory into practice.

To continue your ear training studies check out:

https://www.earmaster.com/

https://trainer.thetamusic.com/

In this weeks episode of the Beginner Guitar Academy Podcast, I walk you through the 3 steps you need to master to get great-sounding chords.

In this episode of the Beginner Guitar Academy, I go through the top 10 most common beginner guitarist mistakes.

Make sure you listen to this episode to avoid making the mistakes yourself!

I this week's episode of the podcast I answer the question 'When Should I Start Learning Barre Chords?'.

This week's episode contains the audio from the 'How To Setup An Amp And Use Effects' workshop I presented last Sunday.

You will learn about the three main guitar amp types, what the different controls do and how to use the most common guitar effects.

So if you don't know what a Tube amp is or your Chorus from your Flanger then this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Beginner Guitar Academy podcast I share 8 simple ways to make faster progress.

Download the free eBook that accompanies this episode as well as videos on the 8 tips here http://www.8guitartips.com/